- Aug 9, 2013
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After some trouble with an AMD based system, I'm most likely going with an Intel based system and was looking at some z87 motherboards. I saw the MSI gaming motherboard has a "Qualcomm Killer E2205" LAN chipset and the Asrock Extreme4 has a "Giga PHY Intel I217V" chipset. Both say 10/100/1000 Mbps speed on them so whats the actual difference? Is there even one or is it just a ploy to sucker a little more cash from uninformed buyers? Is there any atx 1150 board under about 160 that anyone would suggest?
I plan on using the computer for gaming, CAD, programming, like Matlab and such.
Another unrelated question is: When I'm on newegg and see a motherboard's ram frequencies supported, I've seen a few that just say: 3000(OC)/2933(OC)/1600/1333
Does that mean you either have to have 1600 mhz module or one capable of getting 2933 mhz, that theres no way of using memory at the 1866 frequency or 2133 even? I can't imagine that being true but that seems to be what they are saying.
I plan on using the computer for gaming, CAD, programming, like Matlab and such.
Another unrelated question is: When I'm on newegg and see a motherboard's ram frequencies supported, I've seen a few that just say: 3000(OC)/2933(OC)/1600/1333
Does that mean you either have to have 1600 mhz module or one capable of getting 2933 mhz, that theres no way of using memory at the 1866 frequency or 2133 even? I can't imagine that being true but that seems to be what they are saying.
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